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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14
FROM LIFE TO DEATH

is bat q moment If Rheumatism or neural
gia strikes the heart. These diseases are
the most painful and the most dangerous
of any to which human kind is liable
They lily from one part to another without
moments warning, and liniments and
other Outward applications are in them
selves dangerous because theyare liable to
drive the disease to some vital organ and
cynse Instant death. Rheumatism and
neura sia are diseases Of the blood, and can
only be reached by 4 remedy which will
drive from the blood the dangerous acids.
Such 4 remedy is Athlophoros. 1t has been
thoroughly tested and is a safe, sure cure.
George Schneider, employed at the sash
factory Of iIutt; i Bros. Manufacturing Co.,
NusSatine, Iowa, says: about year ago
my wife WAS afilt;ti with both rheumatism
anu neuralgia. She had used numerous
remedies with no apparent relief Having
learned Of some OF the cures effected by
A:hlophoros | bought some for her. /
think it WAS four or five bottles she used
since which time she has been entirely
we'll Of both rheumatism and neuralgia. As
she WAS very great sufferer l consider
Athlophoros very efficient remedy il
caring such CASE
W. c. Mccain, clerk for Smith g. Bone
steel, Druggists, Atlantic, Iowa, says: r
have tried everything l knew offor my rhen-
matisn,, but nothing did me any good until
| used AthloPhoros. 1t was in July, 1884
Twas confined to the housefor over mouth,
and was obliged to use crutches suffered
with this rheumatism for about year.
Finally I decided to give Athlophoros
trial, thinking itwonll be no better than the
medicines l had used. lfelt achange atterI
had used a bottle. continued using it, and
have not had any rheumatism since"
Every druggist shoald keep Athloph oros
and Athlophoros Hills, but where they can
not he bought of the druggist the Athlo-
phoros Co., liz Wall St., New York, will
send either (earriage paid> on receipt Of
regular price. which is $500 per bottle
ior Athlophoros and Soc. FOR Pills.
For liver aud kidney diseases, dyspepsia, in
digestion, weakness, nervous debility, diseases
blood. &c. Athiophoros Pills are uneeualed. II
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14
Why Mosquitoes are Sent.

The question has often been asked.
For What purpose we're mosquitoes
created? DR.. Finlay of Havana seems
to have answered the question, in part
at least, by announcing that the mos
quito Is one OF the active agents in the
spread of yellow-fever. The doctors
theory is'that the sting of the insect,
after penetrating the skin of Yellow
fever patient, retains on it's exterior the
germs OF the disease, which may thus
be conveyed to the next person it at
lacks. AS result of his study. he
finds that every mosquito that stings
may be considered formulated female
and will. probably deposit its eggs with
in few days after it's bite, providing it
can find water in which to deposit them.
The young mosquito will be developed
IN about three weeks. As the eggs are
deposited in the locality where the fe-
male stung it's victim, the young would
also be produced there and, finding the
yellow-fever patient near by, would
sting him, become insected, and carry
the germs to other human beings. :
Dr. Finlay believes that yellow fever is
not transmitted through the air nor by
contact, but by incubation, largely by
means of the mosquito. He regards
the disease as incapable Of propagation
wherever tropical MOSQUITOES do not or
are not likely to exist: ceasing to be
epidemic at the same limits of tempera-
ture and altitude which are incompati-
BILE with the functional activity of the
insectand spreading wherever the mos
quito abounds. DR.. Finlay reports, as
confirming his views, that in the sum-
mcr OF 1885 mosquitoes were scarce in
Havana. but were very numerous in
the autumn, and that, although the
summer was unusually not, yellow-fever
cases were few in number, but in
October and November increased con-
sideHably. The subject which has thus
been brought to the attention of medi-
cal men and sanitarians is one which
1t would seem, admits of proof or dis
proof, and the experience of others
practicing in regions where yellow
fever prevails will doubtless elucidate
the question Science.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14

As the ear cannot distinguish between
two sounds occurring at an interval of
less than one-sixteenth of second,
that time must necessarily elapse
between the utterance of a sound and
its return to form an echo. An echo
is simply a sound reflected from some
opposing body, which must be thirty
five feet away from the cause Of the
sound. The sound will have to pass
through seventy feet, and this will
take about one~siNteenth of second
since sound travels at the rate of
HOO feet per second--so that the
direct and reflected sounds may be
distinct. The further the refiecting
body is away the longer OF course will
the sound take to reach the ear after
reflection.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14
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burning Diamonds.

American Analyst: In the year 1894
it was discovered, by actual experiment
at Florence, that diamond would burn.
Cosmo IlI.h,M one fixed in the focus of
a bnrning-g)ass, and after some OK
posuro to the rays of the sun, it cracked,
.corruscated, and finally disappeared
like q ghost, leaving no trace behind.
Another potcntate, the Emperor Francis
III, tried n number Of valuable diamonds
in the heat OF q smelling furnace, and
may have felt some qualification in find
ing they had disappeared. This was
in 1850, and about twenty years later
a magnificent diamond was burned in
France. a >jeweler named LIE Blanc,
denied the possibility Of, burning dia-
monds, and suspected some unfair play
on the part Of Macquer, the chemist
WHO conducted the operation, He had
often, he asserted, exposed diamonds to
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

AT Youngstown, Ohio, at a. m. on
the 9th, the new Andrews block, costing
600 took Are from an explosion of gas
and burned together with a. livery stable,
two cottages and a church. There were
two watchmem in the Andrews block, one
or whom lost his life and the other was
badly burned. AT Chicago tho same morn
ing a gas explosion occurred at Walkers
carriage factory, and in fighting the fire
not fatally injured.
add at large
The German ship Elizabeth went
ashore on the Virginia beach, IA miles south
of Cape Henry, Saturday morning and
Wrecked. Twenty-Five lives were lost, in
Guiding the captain. A rescue party from
the Little Island life station undertook to 20
to the fated ship, and five men Of that force
were drowned, the gale being so furious. 20
A midnight fire, January ?, in the
Burlington Il Missouri railway headquar-
tors building at Omaha damaged the whole
sale grocery stock Of Sloan, Johnson DC Co.
to the extent of ,000. Loss is covered by
insurance. The railway offices in the upper
stories were uninjured.
Three of the captured Adams Ex-
press lopoeTs, plead guilty at st. Louis, on
the 4th, and Witrock and Haight sentenced
to seven years and Weaver to five years in
the Jefferson City penitentiary.
The Coal Miners National Fedora
ton has issued a circular requesting the at
tendance of miners and operators through
out the country to meet FIJI Colum bus, o.
Feb. 8 next.
Haight, the Adams express robber, in
his confession says he planned and Witrock
executed the robbery, and that Fothe, ing
ham, the messenger, is absolutely innocent
The little village of Hanover, N. H.,
came near being wiped cut by fire which
originated i'll the Dartmouth hotel, DESTROY
ing that and several other buildings.
January 4, the earthquake belt of
South Carolina was shaken up again, Sum
mervllle, as customary having the heaviest
tremor, No damage was done.
At Lawrence, Kansas, business
block, occupied by seven tenants, burned
OH the morning of the 9th. Loss $500, 200,
insurance $4,000.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14

extensive oil refinery at Eean'istown, Penn.
made an assignment Jam. g.. Liabilities,
$4,000; assets, unknown, bat 1t is thought
they are far below the Indebtedness, d
Gen. N. W. Loring, Pasha, formerly
OF the United States army, aund later the
commander Of Loring's CORDS in the
Egyptian army, died Of pneumonia at the
st. Denis Hotel, N. Y, Friday.
The Commissioner Of internal reven-
ue asks for $50, 600, in an additional appro-
priation to pay salaries Of Collectors Of in
terpal revenue for the current fiscal year. ss
Rev. H. II. Barbour, of Newark, N.
j., has sued for divorce He claims his
wife has been unduly intimate with a mem
Der Of his church. ST. t~.T} .."+.'
The ,Penrisylvania legislature has
elected Matthew s. Quay, United States
Senator, to succeed Mr.. Mitchell.
The finest business block at Fair
Haven, Pa, burned on the 9th. Loss $75..
600, insurance s35, 750. 49,
The Commissions Of 1866 Presiden-
tial postmasters expire in February and
March next.
The Boston Evening Record has
opened a popular subscription for the Mrs.
Logan fund. 1919 ! = -
The Maine legislature reelected
Eugene Hale to :the.United States Senate,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

Gen. Logan died poor, leaving no
property that swonld afford a support to his
WIFE On the 2sth Capt. George E. Lemon,
of the National Tribune, at Washington,
started a subscription fund for Mrs. Logan
with one Thousand dollars, and during that
day $15, 900 were subscribed to the fund,
Senator Sawyer Wis, j. B. Drake and
Geo. n. Pullman, Ills., Gov Alger, Mich,
and VIM. Walter Phelps, N. j., being among
those who gave 81 600 each. 1t is proposed
that Chicago give $4,000 to the fund. 7=
Lieut.. William H. Emory has been
ordered to command the Thetis, ono Of the
Greedy relief vessels, which has heen retltted
at the Brooklyn NAVY yard aud will be at
taohed to the Pacific squadron The Thetis
il 70 BE- stationed IN Alaska waters to act
Iii conjunction with the Pinta, which Ia not
regarded % entirely safe for open SEQ
cruises 55S 2sssss Hill gss.ff. Fs5S d
Hon. S, s. Cox is to 60 on tho Ways
and Means Committee Of the House, iii
place Of Hon. Abram S. Hewitt now May or
of New Fork City. 49,, s zSa zsz11- !. * L L
President Cleveland was able to pass
Tuesday in his business Office, and q cabi-
net meeting was held HI - |s@.zsy| s.s..' q
The Treasury statement for Decenl-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14

great heat, with the sole result of in
creasing their brilliancy. Then another
)eweler' Maillard by name, who seems
TO have had q suspicion of the scientific
truth, put three diamonds into an
earthern bowl-pipe packed in powdered
charcoal, and exposed them, without
INJURY, to intense heat. Lavoissier,
VINO was present, proved, in 1776, that
oy shutting out the air the diamond was
preserved in furnace; but that the adj
mission OF oxygen, with which the car
bon combines, allows the diamond to
burn like piece of coal.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14
Under the Ocean.

: One-half of the earth s. solid s.,::,;
is buried in the. abysmal regions q {
ocean, and existsas undulating W..
beneath a watery covering from t..
five miles thick. On this land ::
bottom of the deep sea, the diree ~
the Challenger publication tells u
conditions presented are most unIf,r.
The Temperature, near the free.
point of fresh water, does not e>rv-
seven degrees in range, and is co.. sta
throughout the year. in any loc"}it
Sunlight and plant life are absent, ~.
although animals of the large IN
are present, there is no great yari y
form or abundance of individual
Change of any kindis exceedingly ~
AT the greatest depths the derrS
are chiefly d red clay mixed with f:.a
ments OF volcanic matter, renal
deep sea animals, coslnic dust, maA2
nese iron nodules, and zeoitic CRY ia,
No analogous deposits have been ss,uc
on dry land, although the eontir>,
are mainly made up of rocks. y Il
must have formed under the SCI n,
the coasts. Throughout all geol, : =
time the deposits Of the contioe
bordering waters appear to have be-
forced up into dry land through Il
contraction of the. earth, Will f
abysmal regions have rename |
most permanent areas of the e. ~!
surface.-EGchdnge.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14
Rlairs New Pension Bill.

81 Atthe request Of the Union Y es9fe1'a &:
Army OF the Republic Senator Blar
has proposed in4the Senate ne,e 3iN
making comprehensive changes j. IL
Pension laws. The bill practically re-
moves the limitation of the Arrears If
Pension act, and makes the fact Of CD.
l1stment into the service of the Until
States evidence OF physical: solnIn. -
at the time of enlistment. It e1';.r. =
the classes of persons to be entitled ,
the benefits of the Pension laws 50 a.
to include all who may have been Dis
abled while actually engaged in serv .."
| Of the United States, whether they wtr,
! mustered or not.
1t also grants pension to all fem ..
nurses in the late War who shall hu,,
arrived at the age of SO year an,'
are without the means OF comfortable
support. It provides that :he,, Sha.i
be two classes Of pensionab]e s:Aoil-
| ities-specitic and non-speciGc. Mol
specific disability is defined as one th..
nature and degree Of which cannot b.
determined without the aid Of eyicI,.
or of medical examination TIL pen
sionable disabilities are graded frOu
one to twenty, according to the A,grl,,
| OF injury incurred.
The rate pension for minor chAldr-i'
is increased from s. to S. per month
The Pension Office is required t. g;v.s
every claimant ten days notice e M
time and place oftany special ex;o1;ru-
ton into the merits5of his claim ~ a
any inquiry by letter to the Post .n4>.l.
or the neighbors of the claimant rj1-
corning his disability or credibE,,. Of
the credibilify Of his witnesses s....
Pension Office issdeoarred from II. ...y-
information under agreement TOT, .,.o..l
the source orssubject matter fro. ~.
applicant. It ismade unlawful t. !, + :
a claim upon evidence secured ~ i.
secret investigation or becau~, The
records of the War or Navy Depal t,uene
fail to show the existence Of d ~.a>n
wound, or injury.
1t is also made unlawful to red, .
pension or strike the name of 6 "a r.
sioner from the rolls without mag
thirty days noticeto the person at -.
When claimant who IS entt:1.
arrears of pension dies before
claim is adjudicated, the widow 1>H
or children, and dependent
tives shall be entitled to the
sion The bill corrects what arr !.
to be- imperfeetions in many ,:.j.."
matters Of the present Pension laws
"Such further sum as may be nec,,~~a,-
to pay the pensions granted under -.
provisions Of this act'' is, approI .;a.,.,.
in addition to the $75,O0O,oO ;i."..
priated by the last Pension bill.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14

VICTORIA, British Columbia. has n
phenomenal climate. On Dec. Is is a
magnificent bouquet Of flowerswas pre-
sented to Mayor Beapregard Of Mon
treal, by citizen who picked them all
in the open air, and most of them from
his own garden. They comprised roses
chrysanthemums, polyanthus, prim-
roses. marigolds, dsises, pansies, mign-
onette, yiolets, and many other varie-
ties In noting this incident, the
Victoria Times remarks: "Our atmos-
phere to-day is balny and invigorating,
the sun warm AND bright the lawns and
fields are carpeted in the brightest and
most luxnriant. green; scarlet berries
are anging on the mountain ash, the
pyraeanthns and E Christmas holly are
brilliant in their dress Of scarlet and
and green" ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14

A NEW 1oRK clergyman says there
VIII be degrees OF punishment here
alter; that the man who sins the most
viii be punished the most, and vice
versa. According to this belief the
man who sends 81 long communication,
written Oh both sides. to newspaper
tor publication won't get much vice
versa IN his. --Nor7istoaun Herald.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14
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Tho Grateful Coachnaan.

! - am going to make you Christ
mas present. said Wall street broker
to his coachn,an..''
''Thank you, SIR replied the coach
man who expected something hand
some. >.@A
"ln give you all you have stolen
from me during the last year"
''Ihank you, sir; thank you, / hope
a., al yorr customers will treat YOU, L. as
hberally,''' . r.. ~. ! ~, -" CO.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14

"A NEW fuel has been discovered by y
resident Of Pocabontas Ia. He has q
'n'Ai tor grinding the rank prairie grass
Win corn stalks. He cuts them up
me an'sthen moistens thom. The pulp
Is pressed into blocks about twelve in
choS thick, One block will give an
hour steady heat, This fuel can be
produced for s. q ton.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14

HE Prussian State railways have for
some time past employed women as
guards at crossings. The work consists
chiefly Of the closing and opening of
the bars and the lighting and sweeping
OF crossings. aud the women in most
cases are either the wives or widows of
guards. Their pay is from - to 20
cents per day,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14
CURRENT COMMENT.

a"oRD RANDOLPH CHuRC11,11's salary
was $4,000, a year, and yet he re-
signed That was clear grit.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14

IN the United States Court at Ceye-
land, Ohio. the decision. was made that
the first mortgage on the Nickel Elate
road is illegal, the ,bon@ho.1crs b,!!g
only general creditors to the amount of
$15, 100000. The road WAS therefore
sold under the seeol,'l mortgage for
$4,000, 900. The validity: Of car~truSt
certificates for 81 600, 900 was affirmed,
The consolidation Of five state corpora
tons into one company vas pronounced
illegal The decision i :. complete
victory for the VanderbiIts.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14

AN OTTAWA legislator-elect has been
declared disqualified because born in
the United States.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14

Tue typewriter was invented SO long
ago Us 17i4 by one Henry Mills, who in
that year obtained a patent in England
for a device that would write printed
characters one at a time OF one after
the other.' There is nc description of
this device to be had now, but there is
no doubt that Mills invention Was the
parent of the present typewyItcrs. The
form Of machine now most generally in
use was invented in 1878.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14

HERE is possibility in En- gland of
the Imposition of 3 popular tax. u thing
almost unknown, The proposition is
to impose Is tax of E5 year on all
Foreigners working in England, which
would Increase the revenue half a. MIL
non sterling. The tax would be aimed
principally at the Germans, who arc
becoming popular as servants, and
have quite supplanted the English in
large hotels.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14

In France the talk is all Of was, and
those who fear it most betray their UNI
confessed belief in its proximity by the
enthusiasm with which they advance
arguments to demonstrate the prob
ability OF continued peace. M. Goblet
at his New: Year sreception, told the
stockholders syndicate, which ex-
pressed g hope for peace. that nobody
knows anything that can justify anxiety
on that score At the same time he OBJ
served that France is ready and, that,
with her vitality and energy, she need
not fear war when it comes.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14

DIR. ARCHIBALD A HnnGE, who died
recently, At one time, " hen a professor
in the theological seminary, asked astu-
dent for q definition Of eternity. The
student after some hesitation. replied
that be used to know the definition
but had forgotten it. oh, NY, my,
N.Y. exclaimed DR.. Hodge, bringing
his hand down forcibly upon the table.
What calamity! The only man in
this universegthat ever knew what eter.
nifty is has forgotten. -
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-19

The reduction of internal revenue
and the taking off of revenue stamps
from Proprietary Medicines, no doubt
has largely benefited the consumers,
us well as relieving the burden of hoise
manufacturers. Especially is this the
case with Green's August Flower and
Boschee's German Syrup, as the re
duction of thirty six cents per dozen,
has been added to increase the size of
the bottles containing these remedies,
thereby giving one-fifth more medicine
in the 70 cent size, The August Flower
for Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint
and the German Syrup for Cough and
Lung troubles, have perhaps. the
largest sale of any medicines in the
world. The advantage of increased
size of the bottles will be greatly an.
preciated by the sick and afflicted in
every town ana village iii civilized
countries. Sample bottles for 10 cents
remain the same size.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-19
Umbagog House & Stage Line.
Enrol, N. H.

This new hotel is situated in the heart of
game Astounding section of the country, and
IN the midst of magnificent mountain
scenery, and being under the management
of the right man, makes 1t a desirable place
for the business man or pleasure seeker.
The way to reach this house Fl ON Boston
Is over the Boston Il Maine Railroad to Port.
land, then by the Grand Trunk Railroad TO
Berlin Falls or North Stlatford; or, over the
Boston Il Lowell Railroad to Groveton, N IT,,
and thence by the Grand Trunk to Berlin
Falls or North Stlatford. By the latter route
the tourist drives from North Stratford to
ColebrUok, and then through the celebrated
DiXVille Notch. This drive is acknowledge
to be one of the most delightful in the coun-
try. The house runs Il stage from Enrol to
Berlin Falls three times a week leaving Enrol
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at IS
am arriving ut the Cascade House in Berlin
on the same day in season for dinner aud for
taking passenger trans either east or west.
Leaves Berlin every Tuesday, Thursday and
saturday at . As q. M, arriving ut Enrol ut LOO
p. m.
Parties desiring to reach Enrol on days
other than those on which the stage runs, or
by trains with which the stage docs not con
meet, can go directly through by special con-
veyance from the Alpine house ut Gorham,
which is under the same management as the
Umbagog House.
l.. L, BIGELOW, Manager,
G. ID. STRATTON, Proprietor.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-19

The New York Anti-Saloon Re-
publican League has issued an ad-
dress to the people of the State and
nation. The movement is Endorsed
in this circular by many Republi-
cans of national reputation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-19
One Cent Postage.

A peculiar plan, by which a por-
ton of the Governments surplus
money may be used, Is proposed in
the suggestion that letter postage
should be reduced to one cent. The
postal department Of the govern
ment has never produced a surplus
of revenue, and has never been run
for such a purpose. The policy has
been to reduce postage as soon as
the revenue began to approximate
expenditures. The policy proposed
of one cent postage would be the
most extreme yet pursued by the
Post Office Department. The part
which cheap postage has played IN
the development of the past 25
years is not generally realized.
There can be no harm in continuing
in the same direction still further.
One of the chief advantages to be
derived from change to one cent
postage would be to largely do away
with postal cards. The extent to
which these are used at present
shows that one cent postage would
be appreciated.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-19

On and after May rs, and until furthe
nutice, trains viii be run az follows: